Last night we got a call from Nadia and Walter Shworan, they are here in Tucson staying in a hotel for a week. So this morning we picked them up at 10:00, had coffee with them, and went down to see Mission San Xavier del Bac church, an indian church on the Tohono Odham Indian reserve, just south of Tucson.
From there we went south again to Tubac, an old town that has been made into a lovely arts village, about 4 streets long, it has mostly art galleries and higher end gift shops. Nadia was in heaven. We girls paired up as did our hubbies, and Nadia got some new inspiration from all the beautiful art work that is just everywhere. There is also incredible jewelry.
Nadia and I were drooling over some Tahitian Black Pearls in a gorgeous jewelry shop, and the girl showed them to us. Price tag was $16,500, but they are marked down, some 40% or so. Sure, we both got a set. NOT!!!!! They were lovely. That shop makes nearly all their jewelry themselves, and indeed, it is beautiful and very different.
Nadia and I talked to different artists all over the small town, though we didn't have much time, it was fascinating to see the many different styles and colors.
Lary took me back into a gallery to see a lovely southwest landscape painting he adored, and I had just told Nadia I loved it too. I loved it a lot, and it would look just superb in our living room. But it was $7,200 -though they would ship it their cost, to our house, on approval, and we could hang it for a few weeks to see if we liked it. Hmmmmmmm.
Walter took us all out to lunch there, and then we came back to their hotel, had a cold drink, and we headed for the body shop to get our truck, $$$, and turn in the rental car. It was a Pontiac and was very comfy. I was a bit disappointed in the truck repair as they scratched the back of the cab paint removing and reinstalling the back window. Oh me.
We came home and had dinner, then went to the entertainment here in the park, it was Cahal Dunne, an Irish singer and entertainer. He was very good, lovely Irish songs with lots of chances to sing along, and clap, etc. We went with our neighbour Chris who is from Qualicum, they suggested originally that we come here. Lary bought his CD called 'A Little Bit of Ireland'. After the show we went home to their park model, had a cuppa tea, and chatted.
Then we watched both Jay Leno, and Conan O'Brien's last show in New York.
It was a lovely sunny warm day today, we wore shorts and lightweight shirts, and enjoyed the bright blue skies and warm temps up into the 70s.
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